editing the dashboard

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  jjfb · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 1:32 am

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  This is probably very much a newbie question but I can’t find an answer to it after much searching.

  Is there a way to edit the dashboard options. Say if I wanted to get rid of the Comments and the blogroll tabs? Either for the admin or for the editors users group.

  Any help would be much appreciated.
  Thanks, Jamie

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 1:37 am

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  No, there is no way to do that.

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  jjfb · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 1:45 am

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  Thanks for the reply raincoaster. I’m surprised there is’nt a way though. For instance if you log-in as an editor some of the tabs are not available. ie Presentation.

  So I would have thought somewhere there must be some code which could be edited. I’m considering using wordpress as a very basic cms system for a website job I have coming up soon. Blogroll, comments, presentation et al will be redundant tabs so I was hoping to get rid of them.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 1:47 am

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  No, there is no way to do that.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 1:49 am

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  You can consider lowering the other contributor’s level of access to author which would probably take out their access to those areas.

  What are the different roles?

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  jjfb · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 2:02 am

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  Thanks sacred. That actually helps as only the comments tab is left.

  I’m sure someone who really knew what they were doing with php could customize the dashboard themselves. Unfortunately I wouldn’t have a clue.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 2:10 am

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  We don’t have access to the underlying theme and wordpress files since this is a multi-user platform and we all use the same files. If you went in and changed something, it would effect everyone.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 15, 2008 at 2:10 am

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  You’re welcome by the way.

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  tuyambaze · Member · Apr 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm

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  Sorry, am a new user in wordpress, i created a blog but dont know where to start.Need some help please!!